1973 Topps #183 Don Buford
About Don Buford
Buford spent 1973 in Japan with the Taiheiyo Club Lions, though his Topps card that year, #183 from the second series, pictures him with Baltimore. During the Orioles' exhibition tour of Japan after the 1971 season he had been known there as 'The Greatest Leadoff Man in the World.' He was voted among the nine best players in Japan in both 1973 and 1974. Over four seasons there, the last with the Nankai Hawks, he hit .270 with 65 home runs and 213 RBIs.
Don Buford was a switch-hitting infielder-outfielder who broke in with the Chicago White Sox in 1963 after leading the International League in hitting at Indianapolis. Listed at 5-foot-7, he grew up in Southern California and starred in both football and baseball at USC before signing with Chicago. He spent his first five seasons shuttling between second and third base for the White Sox, drawing walks and running the bases well. Traded to Baltimore after the 1967 season, he began 1968 as a part-time second baseman until new manager Earl Weaver, hired that July, put him in the outfield and at leadoff. He led off for the Orioles through three straight pennant-winning seasons, scoring 99 runs in each of 1969, 1970 and 1971, and made his only All-Star team in 1971. He later played in Japan, worked as a personnel manager for Sears and returned to baseball as a manager and coach.
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Graded population (PSA & SGC)
| Grader | Total | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1-4 | Auth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA | 140 | 0 | 26 | 83 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| SGC | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Graded population — a scarcity guide, not a price. Data as of 2026-10-19. Half grades fold down for both graders (8.5→8); PSA qualified slabs (OC, ST, PD, MC and the like) are not counted.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the 1973 Topps #183 card?
It is card #183 of the 660-card 1973 Topps Baseball set, picturing Don Buford of the Baltimore Orioles.
How many cards are in the 1973 Topps Baseball set?
660 cards, tracked as 679 collectible states. Numbers run from 1 to 660 with none skipped, in five series of 132 - #1-132, #133-264, #265-396, #397-528 and the high numbers, #529-660, printed in lower quantities; 19 cards carry catalogued print variations that the master set counts separately - fifteen Field Leaders cards, the #20 Stan Bahnsen, #31 Buddy Bell and #504 Earl Williams border-gap pairs and the two #280 Al Kaline printings.
Sources: Trading Card Database, PSA CardFacts, BaseballCardPedia, Cardboard Connection, Baseball Almanac, Baseball-Reference, the SABR BioProject and the National Baseball Hall of Fame, PSA & SGC population reports. Card data compiled and maintained by T206Cards.com. Page last updated 2026-10-25.